President of Odell v. Schroeder

This was an action on the case, brought by Adolph .Schroeder and Hattie Schroeder, his wife, in the Livingston circuit court, against appellants, to recover damages for a false imprisonment. It appears the town of Odell was incorporated under the general laws of this State, and had, by virtue of such laws, passed ordinances for the preservation of the peace, and had appointed officers and entrusted them with the power of enforcing the ordinances thus adopted ; that in March, 1868, Mrs. Schroeder was charged, before a justice of the peace of the town,with assault and battery; a warrant was…